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[Keonne Rodriguez @keonne]

It would mean a lot if you would sign this petition calling on @realDonaldTrump to pardon me and Bill

In 30 days we will report to prison. Unless the President steps in.

Developers shouldn't be liable for the actions of bad actors using their software

#freesamourai

https://t.co/xQNGAVlu3r

[Seth For Privacy @sethforprivacy]

Incredibly sad day for so many reasons.

Sad because this means some sort of conviction and sentence for @SamouraiWallet and @SamouraiDev, and lives that are ruined in many ways (even if this is a plea deal that shortens the conviction, they have to live life as felons).

Sad because this means the US Department of Justice is not even listening to it's own elected officials and backing off of cases like this, essentially going rogue.

Sad because, while this doesn't set a "proper" legal precedent, it can and will be weaponized to instill fear in future indictments and put pressure on entities in the crypto space.

Sad because this shows how much of a hatred there is in the DoJ against anyone building powerful privacy tech in the crypto space (see @rstormsf's ongoing case for the other pivotal example).

I couldn't imagine being under the mental and emotional toll they've been under for the last 461 days, and can sympathize with their decision to seemingly agree to a plea deal. But still shocked and heart-broken to see it.

[John Brown @john_j_brown]

Bitcoin: You can
(1) Invest and get a good chance at generational wealth at the expense of enduring short term volatility;
OR
(2) Not invest and enjoy short term stability at the expense of a good chance of future financial struggle.

I am puzzled why so many people choose (2).

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

Milton Friedman on tariffs and the free trade.

[Jeff Park @dgt10011]

The U.S. holds 200K+ BTC (Silk Road, Bitfinex), China a similar amount (PlusToken), with Germany/UK also seizing BTC.

Governments don’t buy Bitcoin — they seize it. If it’s important enough, they’ll find a way to eminently claim it.

Self-custody is the only strategic reserve.

[Perianne Boring @PerianneDC]

“This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” — Winston Churchill

[David Sacks @davidsacks47]

Just a few minutes ago, President Trump signed an Executive Order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

The Reserve will be capitalized with Bitcoin owned by the federal government that was forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings. This means it will not cost taxpayers a dime.

It is estimated that the U.S. government owns about 200,000 bitcoin; however, there has never been a complete audit. The E.O. directs a full accounting of the federal government’s digital asset holdings.

The U.S. will not sell any bitcoin deposited into the Reserve. It will be kept as a store of value. The Reserve is like a digital Fort Knox for the cryptocurrency often called “digital gold.”

Premature sales of bitcoin have already cost U.S. taxpayers over $17 billion in lost value. Now the federal government will have a strategy to maximize the value of its holdings.

The Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce are authorized to develop budget-neutral strategies for acquiring additional bitcoin, provided that those strategies have no incremental costs on American taxpayers.

IN ADDITION, the Executive Order establishes a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile, consisting of digital assets other than bitcoin forfeited in criminal or civil proceedings.

The government will not acquire additional assets for the Stockpile beyond those obtained through forfeiture proceedings.

The purpose of the Stockpile is responsible stewardship of the government’s digital assets under the Treasury Department.

PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT

President Trump promised to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile. Those promises have been kept.

This Executive Order underscores President Trump’s commitment to making the U.S. the “crypto capital of the world.”

I want to thank the President for his leadership and vision in supporting this cutting-edge technology and for his rapid execution in supporting the digital asset industry. His administration is truly moving at “tech speed.”

I also want to thank the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets — especially Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — for their help and support in getting this done. Finally Bo Hines played a critical role as Executive Director of our Working Group.

[Matthew Pines @matthew_pines]

There is a legal path for the President to acquire Bitcoin via Executive Order, as @bitcoinpolicy drafted last Nov, using the Exchange Stabilization Fund.

There are currently ~$40B in surplus USD sitting in the ESF.

Of course, legislation is needed to codify any Executive move.

[Office of the Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick @LtGovTX]

My Statement on the Bipartisan Passage of Senate Bill 21 — Establishing the Texas Bitcoin Reserve:

#txlege

[Pierre Rochard @BitcoinPierre]

Elon Musk is having more success changing the Federal government than he did changing Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is more powerful than the Deep State.

Let that sink in.

[Eric Yakes @ericyakes]

Ripple is precisely the problem bitcoin was created to solve: printing fake money for political gain

A Tradfi conference I'm speaking at wants to me address Ripple so I just had to waste an hour of my life researching it and here's the notes:

[Alexey Pertsev @alex_pertsev]

Freedom is priceless, but my freedom cost a lot of money. My house arrest was only possible thanks to the work of lawyers, who were paid from your donations. My fight is not over yet and for a final and confident victory I still need your help. Please support our fight here ➡️https://t.co/rldCWqG7EG
#FreedomToCode

[Saifedean Ammous @saifedean]

It's been five years since all the world's manboobed fiat experts decided to freak out about a respiratory illness.

Since then, they have told you to:

1- Panic
2- Breathe through dirty cloth
2- Stay home
3- Take lucrative experimental gene therapy from companies immune from legal liability

This Twitter account, on the other hand, has constantly and relentlessly told you to:

1- Ignore the fiat noise
2- Eat meat
3- Get sun
4- Lift heavy things

Five years on, it is very clear which strategy worked better.

The bad news is that the fiat hysterics did a lot of damage over these five years. The good news is that their entire fiat economy is down more than 90% in bitcoin terms in these five years. They can't have many more 90% drops left.

[Jeff Park @dgt10011]

Trump owns Bitcoin.
Trump owns real estate.

Trump likes up only.
10y down pumps both bags.

That’s all you need to know.
Trust the process.

[Matt Hougan @Matt_Hougan]

A long time ago on a night much like tonight, Gerhard Stottenberg, James Baker, Nigel Lawson and friends gathered in the same hotel where Eloise once lived with her pug dog Weenie and her turtle Skipperdee,...

This too shall pass.

[Deniz 58m 🇺🇸 @SatoshiDeniz]

.@americanhodl8 is right. You have to take SO MANY perceives Ls from normies to make it in Bitcoin.

Insane when you break down and reflect all of your decisions for being here.

[BitMEX Research @BitMEX_Jon]

Today the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) finally removed the forged metadata on the Bitcoin white paper they host, removing "Craig Steven Wright" as the author

https://t.co/YCmKxcBOGx

Before and after

[Polylunar @Polylunar_]

And so it begins

https://t.co/lLh0DPTCgM

[Daniel Batten @DSBatten]

Wow, only once you've got an AI without an anti-Bitcoin bias do you see in stark view what level of bias existing AI had.

Asking the same question about the positive environmental externalities of Bitcoin to ChatGPT (left) vs DeepSeek (right), you see just how many softeners, qualifiers and caveats are unnecessarily added because the content is about Bitcoin mining.

DeepSeek however (on the right) simply "tells it like it is", with greater clarity, nuance and depth.

[Polylunar @Polylunar_]

LLAMA.CCP

No blame, no idea what any of this means

[Harrison Kinsley @Sentdex]

I can now confirm that yes, you have AGI at home w/ Deepseek R1.

Running locally on CPU and RAM with llama.cpp after much trial, getting apx 3.4 tokens/sec.